CD81363 Aida Corelli/Arroyo 1-22-66
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CD81363 Aida Corelli/Arroyo 1-22-66
Per Marco's request, here is the Aida performance from the Met with Corelli and Arroyo.
I assume one reason Marco is interested in the performance is that, according to René Seghers' Corelli biography (p. 330), this was the first time Corelli attempted the diminuendo on the B-flat of "Celeste Aida," which Corelli had been working on and finally felt he had mastered (and it is pretty amazing here). Seghers goes on to say that in the rest of the performance, Corelli can be heard using newfound dynamic and lyric control. Mehta speeds through the piece like a demon, but it's an exciting performance.
This in-audience recording is nicely clear with the voices fairly close. In a few quiet passages there are some tape bleed-throughs, but nothing too distracting.
Verdi: Aida Metropolitan Opera House January 22, 1966 Conductor...............Zubin Mehta
Aida....................Martina Arroyo Radamès.................Franco Corelli Amneris.................Irene Dalis Amonasro................Sherrill Milnes Ramfis..................John Macurdy King....................Raymond Michalski Messenger...............Robert Nagy Priestess...............Mary Ellen Pracht
Per Marco's request, here is the Aida performance from the Met with Corelli and Arroyo.
I assume one reason Marco is interested in the performance is that, according to René Seghers' Corelli biography (p. 330), this was the first time Corelli attempted the diminuendo on the B-flat of "Celeste Aida," which Corelli had been working on and finally felt he had mastered (and it is pretty amazing here). Seghers goes on to say that in the rest of the performance, Corelli can be heard using newfound dynamic and lyric control. Mehta speeds through the piece like a demon, but it's an exciting performance.
This in-audience recording is nicely clear with the voices fairly close. In a few quiet passages there are some tape bleed-throughs, but nothing too distracting.
Verdi: Aida Metropolitan Opera House January 22, 1966 Conductor...............Zubin Mehta
Aida....................Martina Arroyo Radamès.................Franco Corelli Amneris.................Irene Dalis Amonasro................Sherrill Milnes Ramfis..................John Macurdy King....................Raymond Michalski Messenger...............Robert Nagy Priestess...............Mary Ellen Pracht
